SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Limited Edition Yoplait Greek 100 Whips Strawberry Lemonade Sorbet Yogurt

Limited Edition Yoplait Greek 100 Whips Strawberry Lemonade Sorbet Yogurt

The airy texture of Yoplait’s whipped yogurt inside kind of looks like parts of the sorbet image on the outside. (Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)

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REVIEW: Caramel & Chocolate Mentos Caramels

Caramel & Chocolate Mentos Caramels

Be careful, Mentos.

You’re walking on thin ice by bringing your Caramel & Chocolate Mentos Caramels into the Rolo Mafia’s territory. Sure, you may have sold your chewy chocolate and caramel bites in Europe for a while now, but things are different in America.

Rolo rules the chocolatey caramel morsel game here, and Don Rolo has been known to make some pretty unrefusable offers in order to discourage competition. Let’s just say that if you wake up tomorrow with the bleeding, severed head of a cherry gummy bear in your bed, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Apparently you’ve released a Caramel & Mint Dark Chocolate variety, too, but I couldn’t find those. Maybe the Junior Mint Yakuza already got to ’em.

I’m telling you, Mentos: thin ice. Speaking of which, you know why Ice Breakers haven’t broken into the chocolate caramel market? Because they don’t want to be sleeping with the Swedish Fishes, either.

But okay, maybe I’m not giving you enough credit. Maybe you can roll with the best of ’em. The Don says you have one shot, so time to put your honey-colored sugar goo where my mouth is.

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I see your trick now, Mentos. You inverted my expectations by putting the chocolate inside the caramel. This way you can claim originality, just like how my bootleg “Nookie” shoes have a haphazardly inverted -— and totally not copyright infringing -— checkmark.

Sorry if it sounds like I’m being hard on you. That’s just because you’re being hard on my teeth. Despite your sticky, pliable caramel shell, I had to apply so much violent dental force to break through it that several anti-fracking petitioners showed up outside my window.

And speaking of dark brown stuff that lurks beneath the surface, your equally gummy chocolate center sure isn’t as valuable as crude oil. In fact, I could barely taste it. There’s a faint fudginess and an aftertaste of ho-hum, sweetened cocoa, but it doesn’t have the creaminess of a Rolo, the butteriness of a Reese’s, or even the mock carnivorous delight of a cheap chocolate bunny.

All I did taste was caramel: simple, super processed, and not at all salted. There’s a bit of that classic “mouthwatering browned sugar” caramel flavor, but it’s mostly like the generic caramel swirl you’d find in a disappointing, birthday party-ruining store brand ice cream.

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Taken together, your Mentos Caramels really are just inside-out Rolos with inferior ingredients. If I may extend my analogy further, it’s like what would happen if Great Value tried to make an Uh-Oh! Oreo. The only people I could recommend these to are those who love Mary Janes, old saltwater taffy, and whatever other rock-hard, filling removing candies the old lady down the street hands out on Halloween.

Sure, Mentos Caramels might not taste that bad, and sure, I could just suck on them until they don’t suck my molars from their sockets, but there’s just no reason to pick them over a Rolo when I’m in the checkout aisle making an Impulsive Buy (See what I did there? Meta reference).

So for your crimes against candy and dental plans, Mentos, I’m sentencing you to “death by overused 2005 YouTube meme.” By which I mean Diet Coke.

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Uhh, crap. I guess you win this round. Apparently Mentos Caramels only make the drink angrily fume for five straight minutes instead of erupting. I promise I’ll find some way to punish you.

Right after I finish chugging this bottle of flat, fudgy caramel cola.

(Nutrition Facts – Not available.)

Purchased Price: 99 cents
Size: 36 g tube
Purchased at: Meijer
Rating: 4 out of 10
Pros: Fleeting fudge phantoms. Acceptable for deserted island caramel fixes. The legitimately tasty idea of Chocolate Caramel Coke. Chocolate bunny filets.
Cons: Counterfeit Uh-Oh! Rolos. Budget caramel. So long, dental plan! Having to suck my Mentos instead of chewing them. Organized candy crime.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 5/31/2016

Here are some interesting new and limited edition products found on store shelves by us and your fellow readers. If you’ve tried any of the products, share your thoughts about them in the comments.

Friendly's Limited Edition Strawberry Krunch Cake

Friendly’s Limited Edition Strawberry Krunch Cake

Why not go all the way and spell it Krunch Kake? (Spotted by Deb at Stop & Shop.)

Wise Food Truck Favorites Grilled Cheeseburger Potato Chips

Wise Food Truck Favorites Grilled Cheeseburger Potato Chips

I want to eat that burger on the bag more than the chips. (Spotted by Dana at Price Chopper.)

Kellogg's Special K Sausage, Quinoa, Peppers, Mozzarella & Asiago Crustless Quiche

Kellogg’s Special K Sausage, Quinoa, Peppers, Mozzarella & Asiago Crustless Quiche

Kellogg's Special K Uncured Ham, Cheese, Quinoa & Peppers Crustless Quiche

Kellogg’s Special K Uncured Ham, Cheese, Quinoa & Peppers Crustless Quiche

Kellogg's Special K Portabella, Quinoa, Parmesan, Asiago, & Kale Crustless Quiche

Kellogg’s Special K Portabella, Quinoa, Parmesan, Asiago, & Kale Crustless Quiche

I wanna eat these quiche with quinoa with quirky quintuplets whose last names are Quinn on Quinquagesima. (Spotted by Erika V at Matherne’s Market.)

Evol Butternut Squash Lasagna

Evol Butternut Squash Lasagna

Evol Chicken Enchiladas

Evol Chicken Enchiladas

Evol Vegetable Enchiladas

Evol Vegetable Enchiladas

There also a new Evol Lasagna & Meat Sauce entree. (Spotted by Lindsay A at Target.)

Oscar Meyer Premium Spicy Monterey Jack Beef Franks and Hardwood Smoked Seasoned Beef Franks

Oscar Meyer Premium Spicy Monterey Jack Beef Franks and Hardwood Smoked Seasoned Beef Franks

Their black packaging makes me want to buy these. If they came in the usual see-through packaging, I wouldn’t be interested. (Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)

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FAST FOOD NEWS: Arby’s Buffalo Chicken Slider

Arby s Buffalo Chicken Slider

Arby’s has added a limited time offering to the chain’s Sliders lineup. The Buffalo Chicken Slider is made up of a crispy chicken tender dipped in spicy buffalo sauce and topped with a parmesan peppercorn ranch sauce on a mini bun.

One slider has 290 calories, 13 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 20 milligrams of cholesterol, 860 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, and 12 grams of protein.

If you’ve tried it, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

(Image via Arby’s website.)